Bagles and Baseball
Heard anything amusingly ridiculous lately?
Try this.
Not that I'm opposed to baseball in the holy land, but there isn't even a word for "baseball" in Hebrew!
Perhaps the most disturbing part of this tale, however, is this:
"Intent on building up a local talent base, the league has named Dan Duquette, former general manager of the Boston Red Sox, as its director of player development.
Duquette, who now runs a sports academy in Massachusetts, plans to open a similar facility in Israel to train young baseball and softball players. He hopes to build a national team -- comprised of Israelis as well as Jewish-American players - that can compete in the 2009 World Classic.
"I understand it's a challenge," Duquette said. "I've had a knack for turning around baseball organizations with good players and development operations. This project is along those lines."
Needless to say, if Duquette lets his cousin, Jim, anywhere near this, there will be no fire-balling left-handed pitchers allowed in the Israeli league.
In other news, former Major League umpire Eric Gregg left the building Monday after suffering a massive stroke.
Somewhere, Livan Hernandez is shedding a tear.
Try this.
Not that I'm opposed to baseball in the holy land, but there isn't even a word for "baseball" in Hebrew!
Perhaps the most disturbing part of this tale, however, is this:
"Intent on building up a local talent base, the league has named Dan Duquette, former general manager of the Boston Red Sox, as its director of player development.
Duquette, who now runs a sports academy in Massachusetts, plans to open a similar facility in Israel to train young baseball and softball players. He hopes to build a national team -- comprised of Israelis as well as Jewish-American players - that can compete in the 2009 World Classic.
"I understand it's a challenge," Duquette said. "I've had a knack for turning around baseball organizations with good players and development operations. This project is along those lines."
Needless to say, if Duquette lets his cousin, Jim, anywhere near this, there will be no fire-balling left-handed pitchers allowed in the Israeli league.
In other news, former Major League umpire Eric Gregg left the building Monday after suffering a massive stroke.
Somewhere, Livan Hernandez is shedding a tear.
posted by SJPSandman at
11:22 PM
3 Comments:
"Would you like something to read?"
"Do you have anything light?"
"How about this leaflet: Famous Jewish Sports Legends?"
Enough said.
By
Bich, at 6/06/2006 12:52 AM
I subscribed to Jewish Athletes Quarterly for a few years.
Other than the 4 pages that were devoted to Gabe Kapler, all 5 pages were a good read.
By
Todd Cohen, at 6/06/2006 11:54 PM
I think there may already be a team lined up to play Duquette's Hebrew Nationals:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060619/zirin
And I believe what Rich was trying to say was, "Boy trapped in fridge eats own foot."
By
shunanimous, at 6/07/2006 1:38 AM
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